Why a Mississippi Jury
Found a Small Dispute
Worth $38 Million

Then there is Ken Smith, a 25-year-old oil-rig worker who lives in a double-wide trailer with his wife and two children. He doesn't have much money -- holding his job depends on the fortunes of the oil industry -- but his family says he is doing the best he can. "He's the finest young'un you ever want to meet," says his father-in-law, J.W. Holmes.